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Description:
Strong organizations don’t grow by chance—they grow by design. A well-crafted strategic plan can double your chances of success by providing the clarity and direction needed to guide growth. Yet despite its importance, nearly 70% of strategic plans ultimately fail.
During this two-part webinar series, Marie Palacios of Funding for Good will help you not only design effective planning processes but also transform conversations into clear, actionable written documents.
Over two sessions you'll explore how to streamline the planning process, and produce a strategic plan that truly works.
Session 1 (10.21.25 at 2pm ET)
Strategic Planning – Processes that Produce Results (Recording will be shared after purchase)
Strategic planning begins with the right process. In this session, Marie Palacios will break down the ten things every organization should know before committing to a comprehensive planning process. You’ll explore why so many strategic plans fall short, gain insights into approaches that work, and walk away with actionable tips, tools, and templates designed to streamline pre-planning processes.
Session 2 (10.28.25 at 2pm ET)
Strategic Planning: What Could & Should Be in the Final Document
Once your planning conversations are underway, the next challenge is translating those ideas into a compelling written plan. This webinar will highlight the three essential questions every strategic plan must answer and provide a framework for organizing your content so it is clear, concise, and inspiring. You’ll learn how to structure your document, make the most of a strategic planning retreat, and ensure your final plan reflects the group’s collective vision without losing individual contributions.
Who Should Attend:
This series is perfect for leaders who want to learn best practices for engaging team members in the planning process while creating a strategic plan that strengthens their organization.
After each webinar, you’ll receive:
- slides and handouts; and,
- a link to the webinar recording.
Full participation in this webinar is applicable for 3 points in Category 1.B -Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
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You will receive an email with the full recording and any handouts within 10 business days after the webinar.
After you register, you will receive the following emails:
- A sales receipt for your bookkeeping records
- A confirmation email from Zoom with the login credentials
- Instructions for other attendees if you registered a group
If you do not receive these emails within 48 hours of registering, please email or call 1-877-784-7268.
GrantStation does not refund registration fees. Fees may be applied to any webinar scheduled within 30 days.
Marie Palacios
Marie Palacios, Lead Consultant for Funding for Good, is a native of Morganton, NC. She began her nonprofit experience as a volunteer while completing a community service project in college. During her freshman year at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC, Marie walked into a local nonprofit to volunteer with children and never left the field!
Over the past two decades, she has worn every hat imaginable in the nonprofit world: volunteer, board member, program director, executive director, and development consultant. Marie combines her experiences and expertise to help organizations grow for good. She is bilingual and uses her language skills to advocate for the Latino community, teach Spanish for Professionals courses, and offer consulting services in Spanish.
Her passions include program design, strategic planning, support for beginner nonprofits, board development, and fundraising.
